Wednesday, Judge Elizabeth Lee sentenced her to four months in jail and five years probation, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.ĭuring her probation, she will not be allowed to work any job that involves financial duties and will need to pay $34,000 in restitution to Artichoke Joe’s, Wagstaffe said. Looking into her transactions more, they realized she had done this four other times and had stolen $34,000, prosecutors said.Ĭhen pleaded no contest to embezzlement in February on condition she serve no more than eight months in jail. The next day, when the customer tried to make his own withdrawal, he was told he had only $1,000 left.Ĭasino employees looked into what happened, and found that Chen’s transaction was captured on the casino’s surveillance video. REDWOOD CITY - A cashier at a San Bruno casino was sentenced to four months in jail Wednedsay for stealing $34,000 from customer accounts last year, prosecutors said.Īccording to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, the embezzlement was revealed when Wanyin Chen, 33, faked a customer withdrawal at Artichoke Joe’s Casino for $15,000 on June 13. FinCen announces reduction of monetary penalty against Artichoke Joes Card Club for violation of the Bank Secrecy Act from 8 to 3-million, if the company meets successful compliance requirements.
